A Convicted Bristol Virginia Sex Offender Facing A Possession Of Child Pornography Charge Will Appear In General District Court Later This Month. 52 Year Old Hershel Cook Iii Is Charged With 21 Counts Of Possession Of Child Pornography And Two Counts Of Distribution Of Child Pornography. Police Searched His Residence And Found Numerous Child Pornographic Magazines Inside. Cook Is A Registered Sex Offender In Virginia, Having Pled Guilty To Forcible Sodomy In 1997 In Bristol. He Is Slated To Be Back In Court On March 25th.